From Our Readers

“I am just now grieving a marriage that ended 20 years ago.” Writer Karen Czuleger Strgacich writes of ignoring her early divorce only to have the pain hit her later. Image by Fizkes
From Our Readers

Grieving a Marriage Many Years Later

To a sisterhood of other women arriving to retirement years alone

By Karen Czuleger Strgacich | January 9, 2024
old wooden green voodoo doll. Image by Dave Primo.
From Our Readers

Muneco Verde: The Green Voodoo Doll

Some beliefs are based on truth – others on deceit

By Wesley Shennan | January 2, 2024
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By Annie Tobey | December 27, 2023
a sad dog awaiting the new year, by Anna Cinaroglu. Article "to 2023"
From Our Readers

A Message to 2023

‘To 2023 – I’m okay, but don’t let the door hit you on the way out’

By Susan Chapman | December 26, 2023
Diana Princess of Wales visiting Interconnection Systems (Plessey) in South Shields 1992. South Shields/Visits/Princess diana Collection. Newcastle Libraries from Newcastle upon Tyne, England, PDM-owner, via Wikimedia Commons. Used in article on her defiant kindness
From Our Readers

Princess Diana: A Defiant Kindness

The play ‘Casey and Diana,’ along with her sons and contemporaneous events, demonstrate her heart

By Michael MacDonald | December 19, 2023
Writer Julia Nunnally Duncan (in ball jersey) and her friend, Edna, standing on the front walk featured in the story, circa 1967.
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Our Front Walk

Where memories were made through the years

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | December 18, 2023
Scene from the Flamsbana mountain railway in Flam, Norway, by Leonovo. Used in an essay on memories and progress over the years, “J’ai Du Coeur Au Ventre,” “I am brave.”
From Our Readers

‘J’ai Du Coeur Au Ventre’!

Memories and bravery

By Ian C. Smith | December 12, 2023
old sewing machine, image by Arman Zhenikeyev. From Our Readers article by Boomer Colin M. Kelly, of a holiday when Mom asked, "Can you keep a secret?"
From Our Readers

‘Can You Keep a Secret?’

A Boomer reader recalls a small secret with a deep impact

By Colin M. Kelly | December 6, 2023
A woman taking a picture of a rainbow in the distance over the Gulf of Mexico, contributed for her article on swan songs
From Our Readers

Swan Songs

The lament of nearing the end

By Sherrill Pool Elizondo | November 29, 2023
An old pencil drawing of a cart like the one used by Turco del Mundo
From Our Readers

Turco del Mundo

A colorful, enterprising young Uruguayan

By Wesley Shennan | November 14, 2023

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